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obama -- who wins? [laughter] >> the house is in recess, subject to the call of the chair this afternoon. legislators have wrapped up business for the session. some of them are heading home for campaigning for the fall elections. we will have live coverage when lawmakers return here on c-span. in the interim, earlier today, house minority leader nancy pelosi was joined on the steps of the capital to discuss the congressional session and reiterate their commitment to creating jobs and strengthening the economy. >[no audio] >> good morning. as you can see, democrats are probably standing on the steps of the capital saying we must face here until we take action to help the american people. we are prepared to stay in session to pass president obama's jobs bill, which can create more than 1 million new jobs immediately. passed a five-year farm bill. 60 million agricultural jobs depend on it. extend middle-class tax cuts to provide certainty for millions of america's and help our economy. and to pass a compre
obama -- who wins? [laughter] >> the house is in recess, subject to the call of the chair this afternoon. legislators have wrapped up business for the session. some of them are heading home for campaigning for the fall elections. we will have live coverage when lawmakers return here on c-span. in the interim, earlier today, house minority leader nancy pelosi was joined on the steps of the capital to discuss the congressional session and reiterate their commitment to creating jobs and...
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president barack obama vice president joe biden and first lady michelle obama met this morning with members of the 2012 olympic and paralympic games. the athletes presented obamas with the u.s. flag. the u.s. won 104 medals in london, 46 of them gold. the paralympics which came immediately after attracted 2.7 million spectatorsÑi a recoi bob woodward will be our guest monday on washington çójournal, the washington potion editor written a book how the president and congress fail to pass a check program. mr.woodward will answer your questions about the book monday at 8:30 eastern live on c-span. >> we can keep investing in wind and solar and clean coal and farmers and scientist with biofuels. our construction workers with build homes and factories. put them back to work. >> i'm going to take advantage our oil, coal, our gas, our renewable. north america will be energy and independent.çó >> watch and engage with c-span as the presidential campaigns moves towards the october debates. energy policy is likely one of the topics in the first 90 minute debate. foreign the focus of the final deb
president barack obama vice president joe biden and first lady michelle obama met this morning with members of the 2012 olympic and paralympic games. the athletes presented obamas with the u.s. flag. the u.s. won 104 medals in london, 46 of them gold. the paralympics which came immediately after attracted 2.7 million spectatorsÑi a recoi bob woodward will be our guest monday on washington çójournal, the washington potion editor written a book how the president and congress fail to pass a...
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i think romney would be more interested in fixing it than obama. look at obama's performance. he did not deliver on the things that he said he would deliver. he certainly did not deliver on any of the things that are important to me. >> can romney help convince independent voters of this without giving details? this tax cut plan covered by closing loopholes. is clinton correct that this plan is not possible? a possibility? latter part of it. i do not think romney has done anything to make this a debate over the specifics of that tax policy. he has done very little to draw attention to that. he has not engaged on that. when we want to talk about the economy, he says we should get rid of regulations and be more competitive. the things that campaigns do to fund that conversation in terms of what it wants, i do not think -- they have not done those things. unemployment is where it is. the economy is bad. then they will look for an alternative. as i said earlier, i think you see a little bit of a romney flailing of it. he is trying to grasp at new issues. he decides to make this ab
i think romney would be more interested in fixing it than obama. look at obama's performance. he did not deliver on the things that he said he would deliver. he certainly did not deliver on any of the things that are important to me. >> can romney help convince independent voters of this without giving details? this tax cut plan covered by closing loopholes. is clinton correct that this plan is not possible? a possibility? latter part of it. i do not think romney has done anything to make...
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it is time we reelect president obama barack obama into the white house. let us now go forward from detroit. let us march. let us re-nominate president obama barack obama. [applause] god is blessing our country. we are democrats for america. [cheers and applause] with that, as a co-chair of the dnc, i ask this great body as its last action, would you please entertain a motion to adjourn? the ayes have it. this concludes the platform committee. you are adjourned. god bless president barack obama and god bless america. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] >> watch gavel-to-gavel coverage of the democratic convention on c-span. coming up next, a preview of the convention. washington journal focuses on the dnc. the mayor of charlotte and bob morgan. >> our gavel-to-gavel coverage starts today at 5:00 p.m. eastern. every minute, every speech, live on c-span radio and online. featured speakers include the san antonio mania -- san antonio mayor and michelle obama. thursday, vice-president
it is time we reelect president obama barack obama into the white house. let us now go forward from detroit. let us march. let us re-nominate president obama barack obama. [applause] god is blessing our country. we are democrats for america. [cheers and applause] with that, as a co-chair of the dnc, i ask this great body as its last action, would you please entertain a motion to adjourn? the ayes have it. this concludes the platform committee. you are adjourned. god bless president barack obama...
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this is what obama meant by change. i use it as a microcosm of the obama story to show how he has achieved some big things whether you like it or not. politically it has become a joke. all kinds of nonsense that is not in the stimulus to use it as a metaphor for the stimulus. >> i know that the title of your book suggests, we think of the new deal, we think of a massive program that does a lot of things republicans are complaining about. this is not evidence its up massive government agencies. a can do that. somehow, the branding went wrong. when you say the new, new deal, people think of it as a jobs sell program, which it was not. >> i did not call it a new deal. it first was a response to the epic financial and economic collapse, which the new deal was as well. the economic crashed 9% ahead of the fourth quarter of 2008. at that rate you lose an entire canadian economy and enter 2009. then we had the best improvement of enter jobs in 30 years. we went from hideous too bad it. what they really have in common is a lega
this is what obama meant by change. i use it as a microcosm of the obama story to show how he has achieved some big things whether you like it or not. politically it has become a joke. all kinds of nonsense that is not in the stimulus to use it as a metaphor for the stimulus. >> i know that the title of your book suggests, we think of the new deal, we think of a massive program that does a lot of things republicans are complaining about. this is not evidence its up massive government...
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since president obama was inaugurated in january of 2009. the number of americans receiving food stamps as of april, 2012, was 46.1 million. i heard today, one of our colleagues say one in seven -- one out of every seven americans is receiving some sort of nutritional assistance. that is astounding. that is astounding. so we've maintained a picture here that is weak and we are telling the american people what they already know, because so many of them are too aware of this because they are the ones that are suffering from thr administration. but i just want to say we have solutions. we have solutions where we can change things and the private sector can thrive and that means getting the government out of the way. we need leadership in the senate to have the political courage to stand up and take up our jobs bills, our energy bills that reduce regulation and does just that, get the government out of the way. . . mr. gardner: i talked to a multigeneral separation -- multigenerational family business that was started by this man's dad 50 years
since president obama was inaugurated in january of 2009. the number of americans receiving food stamps as of april, 2012, was 46.1 million. i heard today, one of our colleagues say one in seven -- one out of every seven americans is receiving some sort of nutritional assistance. that is astounding. that is astounding. so we've maintained a picture here that is weak and we are telling the american people what they already know, because so many of them are too aware of this because they are the...
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thank you. >> obama, obama! >> thank you so much. first of all, i have got to say thank you for that outstanding introduction. give a round of applause. i was listening backstage, and i thought i heard a little preaching going on. folks in the crowd were going, yes. he can talk, no doubt about it. it is great to see so many good friends who worked so hard on behalf of working families every day. we have got sheriff and brown, one of the best senators in the country, one of the best congressman in the country. we have got my friend, your friend, our secretary of labor in the house. we have got your outstanding uaw president in the house. rich trumpka is here, and the president of the national education association, so we have got some working people in the house. to everybody working hard each and every day, happy labor day. happy labor day. thank you. feel free to take a seat. i have got some things to say. for those of you who do not have a seat, make sure to bend your knees a little bit. we do not want you fainting. sometimes folks
thank you. >> obama, obama! >> thank you so much. first of all, i have got to say thank you for that outstanding introduction. give a round of applause. i was listening backstage, and i thought i heard a little preaching going on. folks in the crowd were going, yes. he can talk, no doubt about it. it is great to see so many good friends who worked so hard on behalf of working families every day. we have got sheriff and brown, one of the best senators in the country, one of the best...
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obama in particular. in 2008, his team -- team obama -- it was about hope and change and excitement. i think some of the behavioral times showed that people like being part of the crowd. they like feeling like this is the cool thing to do. they are part of a cause. i think obama has struggled this time around. i think some of his advisors have said he can't run on change again. it would feel like, sort of, they are dancing in the end zone when americans aren't feeling very happy about where things are. they argue about this stuff all the time. i have been surprised, and i don't know what the behavioral science is, but you can see them starting with obama care, right? obama care. which after a while is totally toxic. he's starting to embrace the auto bail out. he's even embracing stuff in the stimulus like middle class tax cuts and renewable energy, even though he doesn't say "stimulus." he hasn't come up and said, hey, change happens. i am wondering what you think the signs are? >> i read a whole bunch of
obama in particular. in 2008, his team -- team obama -- it was about hope and change and excitement. i think some of the behavioral times showed that people like being part of the crowd. they like feeling like this is the cool thing to do. they are part of a cause. i think obama has struggled this time around. i think some of his advisors have said he can't run on change again. it would feel like, sort of, they are dancing in the end zone when americans aren't feeling very happy about where...
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to obama's credit, obama is no saddam hussein. he is not a brutal dictator that does not have to deal with the pesky congress, does not have to deal with a netanyahu government or all of the different things that obama does have to deal with. saddam hussein did not have that. if you disagreed with him, you would be dead. if he made that promise, he would deliver on it. iran have as a result, this policy of going for the pressure and sanctions in the hope iran will become softer is so focused on the effort to add pressure and is not sufficiently focused on making sure there are clear choices. otherwise, it will be nothing more than naked escalation which yields more naked escalation from iran. >> i think it is an oversimplification of what is going on, which is that the pressure of the sections are designed not as a final solution -- bad choice of words -- it is designed to get the iranians to talk. it would cost nothing to the iranians if they thought the pressure was getting intense to sit down and say, ok, we want to get this th
to obama's credit, obama is no saddam hussein. he is not a brutal dictator that does not have to deal with the pesky congress, does not have to deal with a netanyahu government or all of the different things that obama does have to deal with. saddam hussein did not have that. if you disagreed with him, you would be dead. if he made that promise, he would deliver on it. iran have as a result, this policy of going for the pressure and sanctions in the hope iran will become softer is so focused on...
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obama wellw mrs. left and say if she is -- she was surprisingly kind of reserved and quiet and tumble. ito laura bush a good deal better. the which travel to the middle east -- we traveled to the middle east. at laura bush is exactly what you think she is. she is lightly guarded but she has a sense of humor. i am not sure that that is something that people know. humor is very tricky because it is found in a reverence and as a first lady, you have to watch yourself carefully. but she is very funny and i will tell you a quick anecdote. we were looking at family pictures, and there are almost no indicators that a former president of the united states lived in this house. it is not like here is president bush in his flight suit. there is one picture, the what of all the president's in the office. i said to her, and you miss the white house? gigots -- she goes -- are you kidding me? >> for me, having not just about first ladies, but they all have potential first ladies. the stories that always tend to stic
obama wellw mrs. left and say if she is -- she was surprisingly kind of reserved and quiet and tumble. ito laura bush a good deal better. the which travel to the middle east -- we traveled to the middle east. at laura bush is exactly what you think she is. she is lightly guarded but she has a sense of humor. i am not sure that that is something that people know. humor is very tricky because it is found in a reverence and as a first lady, you have to watch yourself carefully. but she is very...
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romney versus obama? who wins and how much? [laughter] >> the senate is in tonight at 11:30 p.m. eastern. that is followed by a vote on measures including final passage of a continuing resolution to fund the resolution -- federal government for six months. tomorrow on washington journal" david ingram speaks about fast and furious. the president of the economic policy institute discusses how american families are doing into a's economy. a retired colonel talked about this week's cyber-based attacks at bankamerica and j.p. morgan chase. washington journal as high as 7:00 a.m. eastern on c-span. >> of this weekend with tv's live coverage of the national book festival with two days of author presentations and an interviews. starting saturday morning at 10:00 eastern and sunday at noon. live on c-span two. go to booktv.org. >> paul ryan spoke today at the aarp annual conference in new orleans. he talked about social security and medicare and his plans with presidential candidate mitt romney to protect the programs in the future and
romney versus obama? who wins and how much? [laughter] >> the senate is in tonight at 11:30 p.m. eastern. that is followed by a vote on measures including final passage of a continuing resolution to fund the resolution -- federal government for six months. tomorrow on washington journal" david ingram speaks about fast and furious. the president of the economic policy institute discusses how american families are doing into a's economy. a retired colonel talked about this week's...